Toolkit: Information Creation as a Process- Dispositions

Overview

"Information in any format is produced to convey a message and is shared via a selected delivery method. The iterative processes of researching, creating, revising, and disseminating information vary, and the resulting product reflects these differences." ACRL Framework

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Learners who are developing their information literate abilities do the following:

Disposition 1

Are inclined to seek out characteristics of information products that indicate the underlying creation process.

The Scholarly Article Autopsy: Information Sources from the Inside Out- Krista Bowers Sharpe, Western Illinois University, 2017

Disposition 2

Value the process of matching an information need with an appropriate product.

The Scholarly Article Autopsy: Information Sources from the Inside Out- Krista Bowers Sharpe, Western Illinois University, 2017

Disposition 3

Accept that the creation of information may begin initially through communicating in a range of formats or modes.

Disposition 4

Accept the ambiguity surrounding the potential value of information creation expressed in emerging formats or modes.

Disposition 5

Resist the tendency to equate format with the underlying creation process.

Disposition 6

Understand that different methods of information dissemination with different purposes are available for their use.

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